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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka will kick off on 8 March with the first Test match
against the host nation at the Galle International Stadium. It is going to be a
very tough tour series for the touring nation.

However, Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) has announced some financial
incentives to inspire the national cricket team to perform well against the
strong opponent team. The team will be given money for drawing every Test
match.

BCB has increased the amount
of their financial incentives. According to the BCB, for each drawn Test match,
the team will get an extra Tk 100,000 ($1250) besides the Tk 150,000 ($1875) that
they will receive as Test match fee, which has also been increased from Tk
100,000 ($1250).

Not only Test match fees
but also their match fees in ODIs were also increased from Tk 60,000 ($750) to
Tk 100,000 ($1250) for each game. Players will also get Tk 50,000 ($625) after
being previously paid Tk 35,000 ($438) for every game.

Bangladesh cricket team does not have any good record in the
Test cricket history. In their last 13 seasons, the team drew only seven games.
Their last draw came against West
Indies due to bad
weather. Their only drawn Test match that came without the aid of stormy
weather was against Zimbabwe in 2005.